Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-27

  Polcyn, Michael J ^a   Jacobs, Louis L ^a   Araújo, Ricardo ^a,b   Schulp, Anne S ^c,d   Mateus, Octávio ^b,e  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinha   (Portugal)

^c NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Evolution; Extinction; Mosasaur

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; RADIATION BALANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 84896090662     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.018     Document Type: Article

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